Staff Software Engineer

OneTrust; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

Equity RSUs

Bonus opportunities

Parental leave

Job summary

OneTrust is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead technical direction across a major feature area, shaping system design and architecture. You will self-direct in complex scenarios and influence multiple teams beyond your own.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with Product and UX, and drive engineering best practices while delivering impactful software for a data governance platform. This is a hybrid, office-first role in the Bay Area with competitive compensation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Demonstrated track record leading technical initiatives that span multiple engineers or systems.
• Deep expertise in frontend and/or backend technologies relevant to OneTrust's platform, including cloud architecture experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and architecture for major features or components, ensuring alignment with the broader system architecture.
• Determine approach and methods independently on complex, ambiguous assignments without an established playbook.
• Partner with other engineering teams, Product, and UX to shape solutions before implementation begins.
• Build working relationships and technical credibility beyond your immediate team.
• Establish and champion engineering best practices adopted by your team and beyond.
• Mentor Senior and mid-level engineers, helping them grow their technical judgment and scope of ownership.

Skills

Frontend/Backend technologies

Cloud architecture

Mentorship

Technical leadership

AI-assisted development tools

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field

Tools

Claude Code

Devin

Windsurf

Job description

Strength in TrustOneTrust’s mission is to enable innovation through the responsible use of data and AI. We believe that ensuring data is trusted shouldn’t slow teams down—it should accelerate what’s possible. This led us to develop the first technology platform for responsible data use in 2016. Today, with AI representing the latest and most impactful expansion of data yet, OneTrust is once again redefining what responsible innovation looks like. OneTrust, the AI‑Ready Governance Platform™, unifies regulatory intelligence, automation, and connected governance workflows so businesses can continue to move at the speed of AI while ensuring good governance to prevent data misuse at scale. Trusted by thousands of organizations worldwide, OneTrust is shaping the future where trusted data becomes a transformative force for business and society.

Strength in TrustOneTrust’s mission is to enable innovation through the responsible use of data and AI. We believe that ensuring data is trusted shouldn’t slow teams down—it should accelerate what’s possible. This led us to develop the first technology platform for responsible data use in 2016. Today, with AI representing the latest and most impactful expansion of data yet, OneTrust is once again redefining what responsible innovation looks like. OneTrust, the AI‑Ready Governance Platform™, unifies regulatory intelligence, automation, and connected governance workflows so businesses can continue to move at the speed of AI while ensuring good governance to prevent data misuse at scale. Trusted by thousands of organizations worldwide, OneTrust is shaping the future where trusted data becomes a transformative force for business and society.

The Challenge

We're looking for a Staff Software Engineer to help lead technical direction across a major feature area or set of related systems at OneTrust. Staff Engineers determine their own approach on complex, often ambiguous assignments, and their technical judgment is trusted well beyond their immediate team.

Your Mission

Technical Leadership & Architecture

• Lead design and architecture for major features or components, ensuring alignment with the broader system architecture.
• Determine approach and methods independently on complex, ambiguous assignments without an established playbook.

Cross-Team Collaboration

• Partner with other engineering teams, Product, and UX to shape solutions before implementation begins.
• Build working relationships and technical credibility beyond your immediate team.

Quality & Standards

• Establish and champion engineering best practices adopted by your team and beyond.

Mentorship

• Mentor Senior and mid-level engineers, helping them grow their technical judgment and scope of ownership.

You Are/Have

Someone who determines methods and approach independently on new, complex assignments, and who is sought out by other engineers for technical guidance beyond your own team. You think in terms of systems and tradeoffs, not just individual tickets.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Demonstrated track record leading technical initiatives that span multiple engineers or systems
• Deep expertise in frontend and/or backend technologies relevant to OneTrust's platform, including cloud architecture experience

Extra Awesome

• Hands-on experience using AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude Code, Devin, Windsurf, or similar) in a professional setting, with genuine enthusiasm for applying AI to accelerate and elevate day-to-day engineering work.

For California, Colorado, Connecticut, Nevada, New York, Rhode Island, and Washington-based candidates: the annual base pay range for this role is listed below. Within this range, individual pay is determined by several factors, including location, job-related skills, work experience, and relevant education and/or training. This role may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, equity, and/or commissions, as well as benefits.

Salary Range

$139,725—$209,588 USD

Where we Work

We are embracing an office-first culture, encouraging three days a week in office for most roles, with meaningful opportunities to collaborate and celebrate in person.

Benefits

As an employee at OneTrust, you will be part of the OneTeam. That means you’ll receive support physically, mentally, and emotionally so that you can do your best work both in and out of the office. This includes comprehensive healthcare coverage, flexible PTO, equity RSUs, annual performance bonus opportunities, retirement account support, 14+ weeks of paid parental leave, career development opportunities, company-paid privacy certification exam fees, and much more. Specific benefits differ by country. For more information, talk to your recruiter or visit onetrust.com/careers.

Resources

• OneTrust Careers on YouTube
• @LifeatOneTrust on Instagram

Your Data

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Our Commitment to You

When you join OneTrust you are stepping onto a launching pad — the countdown has begun. The destination? A career without boundaries working alongside a diverse and inclusive crew who is passionate about doing meaningful work. As a pioneer, your voice and expertise will help chart the direction of an entirely new category. Our commitment to putting people first starts with you. Your growth is part of the mission. Our goal is to give you the power to embark on the next phase of your uniquely, unique career.

OneTrust provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by local laws.